Back to the Past
Chapter 15: The Little Sister and the Big Problem
A/N: This should probably be two chapters the battle and the aftermath but overall I didn't want to end on 17 chapters, it just seemed weird. (I have issues I know.)
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The demon stood back and let go as Phoebe dropped over and fell on the floor.
"Phoebe!" yelled Piper, desperately trying to get to her sister.
"Leo!" yelled Paige. "Leo!"
"He's in the underworld, remember?" said Wyatt, coldly smiling at them. "He can't hear you."
"In that case," said Piper. "Chris!" she yelled as Wyatt made his way towards Paige, an evil glint in his eye and the athame in his hand splattered with her sister's blood.
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Chris and Patricia orbed into the manor conservatory. After looking around to make sure everything seemed normal, Chris went straight over to the large trunk beside the patio doors and rummaged through it until he found the crystals while Patricia kept watch, hands at the ready just in case. "Got them," he said, putting a few of them into his pockets and holding the remaining few. "Let's go."
"Shouldn't we check that everything's ok upstairs?" asked Patricia.
"We can't take the chance," said Chris with a sigh. "Evil Wyatt could be alive and killing any minute now," he said as he orbed back to P3 and Patricia reluctantly followed him.
They arranged the crystals in the appropriate order and set the cage.
"There," said Chris, stepping back to admire his handiwork. "That should hold him."
Then he heard the frantic calls of his mom and Paige, he walked over to Patricia and grabbed her hand. "What is it?" she asked.
"They're in trouble," he said orbing them both back to the manor.
When they materialised in the attic and saw Wyatt about to stab Paige, Chris instinctively waved his arm and sent him flying across the attic away from her.
"What the hell?" asked Chris, rushing over to Phoebe. "We just locked him up in the crystal cage," he said gesturing to Wyatt who was trying to get up out the wreckage of the wooden table Chris had thrown him into.
"Uh, Chris, I think that's our Wyatt," said Patricia, sending one of the demons across the room with a squint, away from Paige. "The other Wyatt used a potion on him to reverse his morality," she told them, untying Paige, who got up and started fighting the demon that was holding Piper.
"Did it ever occur to you that that might have been a useful thing to tell us earlier?" asked Chris, desperately trying to heal his aunt. "It's not working, I'm too pissed off right now to find the trigger to heal," he said getting up. "Patricia I want you to get out of here, now, it's too dangerous for you," he said using his telekinesis to cause Wyatt to fall down again before turning and doing the same to the third demon, who had been holding Phoebe.
Chris ignored her protests as he grabbed some exploding potion out of a bag on the ground and threw it at one demon causing him to go up in flames. "Go! Don't come back unless we call for you!" he yelled and reluctantly Patricia ran out of the attic and orbed out.
"Paige," yelled Chris as she ducked punch. "Orb Phoebe to Leo, he can heal her," he ordered throwing another potion vial at the demon Paige was fighting who also disappeared in flames.
Paige immediately ran over to her sister and flung her arms round her shoulder, picking her up on her feet. "Come on sweetie, hold it together, we're going to get you to Leo," said Paige as she walked her injured sister out to the attic stairs so that they would be able to orb out of the manor.
Piper was busy kicking the last demon, with her hands still tied behind her back when Wyatt got up. "Note to self," said Piper and she quickly turned her back to the demon gesturing frantically with her hands trying to blow him up. Instead, she vanquished their bookshelf. "Learn to channel powers through eyes for situations like this," she told herself.
"Wyatt," pleaded Chris as his brother walked towards him. "I don't want to hurt you," he managed to get out before an energy ball came flying at him, which he redirected so it vanquished the demon Piper has fighting instead. "Doesn't mean I won't," he said waving his arm as Piper came and stood beside him, "Untie me already!" she demanded as Wyatt stood up again.
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(OW) Wyatt slowly opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He was still in P3. He noticed the crystals that were arranged around him and stood as perfectly still as he could, not wanting to get shocked. He knew from the amount of demons that he had seen held in the confinements of the crystal cage, that it was not a pleasant experience.
He closed his eyes and concentrated, summoning one of his many demonic servants. "My Lord," he heard as he opened his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face to see a demon bowing in front of him.
"Do me a favour will you?" asked (OW) Wyatt. "Would you be so kind as to kick away one of these nasty blue crystals?"
"Of course My Lord," said the demon, hurrying towards (OW) Wyatt and the crystals. "At once," he said kicking away one of the crystals and thus breaking the magical concentration of the crystals and deactivating the cage.
"Thank you," said (OW) Wyatt, stretching his limbs, still a little groggy from all the potions he had been hit with. "That will be all," he informed his servant who obligingly bowed before shimmering out.
"Now let's see how my brat of a brother and my other self are getting on," he said to himself, shimmering back to his lair. He walked over to a bowl of water, put a few drops of some essential oils in it and placed his hands over it, saying an incantation.
"Surface of water, I beseech thee, to show me what I wish to see."
(OW) Wyatt peered into the bowl and the water's surface filled with colour and depicted the events that were happening in the manor attic. Chris was flinging Wyatt across the room and Wyatt was sending energy balls at him, which Piper was freezing. She was also throwing potions at him but Wyatt had put up his shield to protect him from them.
"Well that's not very fair, ganging up on him like that," said (OW) Wyatt. "Not to mention not very entertaining. Let's make this a whole lot more interesting."
(OW) Wyatt summoned ten demons who all appeared as rapidly as the first had, and bowed in a similar manner, eager to please. "Go to the Charmed One's attic, they are not all there. Help the one who looks like me."
The demons all shimmered out and (OW) Wyatt watched in the water as they arrived in the attic and Chris and Piper stood back to back, ready to take them all on, outnumbered eleven to two.
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"Leo!" said Paige as they materialised in the underworld, Phoebe dropping to the ground.
"Oh my God, Paige, what happened?" asked Leo rushing over to his bleeding sister-in-law and placing his hands over her gushing wound and healing it.
"Your eldest son went all evil on us and stabbed her," said Paige. "Don't worry, he's under the effect of a potion the Wyatt from the other world hit him with," said Paige upon seeing Leo's frightened expression.
"Are you ok?" asked Adam, going over to Paige and giving her a quick hug and kiss.
"Yeah," she assured, "My wrists are just a little raw from fighting against that demon's grip."
"Better?" asked Leo, helping Phoebe to her feet.
"Much, thanks," said Phoebe. "So what did you guys find out?"
"Nothing good," said Adam. "I've never seen the underworld this organised. The Wyatt from the other world really whipped these guys into shape. As far as we can tell every single demon has seemed to have conformed to Wyatt's rule."
"Plus the preparations are being made to swear him in as the new Source," said Leo.
"All that in a week?" asked Paige, who was verging on impressed. "Say what you like about him, he may be evil and all but he most certainly is efficient."
"We should probably get back," said Phoebe. "We can deal with disorganising the underworld once we send Wyatt back to his own world."
"Yeah you're right," agreed Paige. "You two should go back to your house Adam," said Paige. "Patricia is there, go make sure she is ok, Jason isn't likely to help her keep calm."
"That's an understatement," said Phoebe. "She's probably the one trying to calm him down."
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"Wyatt did what?" asked Jason, who was close to hysterics.
"He was turned evil and stabbed Phoebe," said Patricia relatively calmly as she rummaged through Adam's potion cupboard. "Don't worry though," she said, taking some ingredients down and putting them on the kitchen counter. "Paige orbed her to Leo so I'm sure she's fine."
"So let me get this straight," said Jason. "You just tell me my wife was stabbed by her nephew then tell me not to worry?"
"Mmm hmm," said Patricia, lifting a pot off the stand and placing it over the hob.
"You're crazy," said Jason, pacing the kitchen. "Defiantly a Halliwell," he muttered under his breath.
Patricia smiled, picking up on what he had said. "I hear they're thinking of making that a saying you know," she joked. "As crazy as a Halliwell," she said with a smile when she realised he didn't know what she meant.
Jason felt the corners of his mouth twitch and the next thing he knew he was smiling, he couldn't help it, his wife had been stabbed and here he was smiling at a fourteen year old's joke.
"So what exactly are you doing?" he asked as he watched the young girl add various herbs and oils to the bubbling pot.
"Making a potion to bring Wyatt back to good," said Patricia. "Well I think I am anyway."
"You think you are?" asked Jason.
"Yeah, I'm not really following a recipe or anything, I couldn't find the Evans family Book of Shadows so I'm just making it up as I go along," she said, adding some powdered toadstool to the mixture.
"And that will work?" asked Jason.
"I hope so," said Patricia. "I mean I saw most of what was put into the original potion so I have a good idea of what to put in to counteract it. Plus you know mom improvises stuff like this all the time and it always seems to work for her," she rationalised.
"Yes but your mom is a Charmed One," said Jason.
"And she taught me well," said Patricia, lifting some eye of newt. She held it up high over the pot and let it go, freezing it in midair. "Stand back," she advised Jason, walking to the other side of the room herself.
"Another little trick I learnt from mom," she informed him when he gave her a strange look. She waved her hand, the ingredient unfroze and fell into the pot and gave off a loud bang, and lots of smoke as several things around the pot fell over.
"Potion's done," Patricia told him chirpily, going back over to the pot.
"What potion?" asked Leo, who had just orbed in with Adam.
"Oh hi dad," said Patricia, nervously. "How'd the fact finding mission Paige sent you on go? Is Aunt Phoebe ok?" she asked trying to distract them.
"What potion Patricia?" insisted Leo.
"The one to return Wyatt's sense of morality to normal," said Patricia as if nothing was wrong. "It just needs to cool."
"And just how exactly were you planning on getting it to them?" asked Leo, his arms crossed.
"Uh, I was going to orb in and throw it at him?" said Patricia as though it was the most obvious plan in the world.
"Absolutely not," said Leo.
"But Dad!" protested Patricia.
"No Patricia, I'm not budging on this one. I just had to heal Phoebe who got stabbed so there's no way in hell I am letting you go there and that's final!" said Leo. "The girls will find a way, they always do."
"Is Phoebe ok?" asked Jason anxiously.
"Yeah man, as good as new," said Adam.
Patricia's mind was in over drive. She had to get that potion to them, she knew it would work, it had to. The problem was getting away from the three of them. 'I could always freeze them,' she thought to herself. 'No that won't work, Adam won't freeze, he's a witch too. I know, I can say a spell,' she thought. 'Ok, this can't be too hard, Chris makes spells up on the spot all the time. Just speak from your heart in rhyme,' she told herself, echoing the words of wisdom Paige had given her in a weekly dose of spells.
She froze the room and grabbed the potion, which she had put into glass vials, and stuck a couple in her pocket as spares.
"Patricia," warned Adam, upon noticing Leo and Jason were frozen. "What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry," said Patricia.
"Don't do anything to be sorry for," begged Adam.
Patricia gave him a regretful look before starting to make up a spell.
"Uh, these three won't let me go help out,
Because they think I'm in too deep," she started.
"Patricia . . ." pleaded Adam, who didn't want to be held responsible when Leo unfroze and realised his daughter was gone.
"Umm . . ." she said shaking her hands trying to summon some inspiration.
"So give me a chance to get away,
By making them all fall asleep!" she finished triumphantly. She watched proudly as the three men in front of her fell to the ground with their eyes closed. She went to check their pulses, just to be sure, when the sound of snoring coming from them made her grin.
"How the sisters get any sleep with that noise going on is beyond me," she said orbing out.
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(OW) Wyatt watched intently as Piper blew up another two demons while Phoebe levitated and kicked another in the head, before landing and throwing a vanquishing potion at him. Another demon with a sword ran at Paige who simply called for it before using it to cut off his head.
Meanwhile Chris and Wyatt were locked in battle, and had been for quite some time, and it didn't look as though it was going to end anytime soon. (OW) Wyatt watched all of them in their fights with great interest, the skill of the Charmed Ones was quite literally legendary but yet he found himself most impressed by Chris and Wyatt's fight.
He found it remarkable that although Wyatt had more powers they appeared to be evenly matched. Chris would fling Wyatt across the room, Wyatt would throw an energy ball at him. Chris would divert it and throw some random potion at him, Wyatt would blow it up or set fire to it before it could reach him, then throw an athame at Chris, which of course Chris used his telekinesis to throw back before Wyatt froze it.
As the demon numbers were reduced until there was only one left, which Piper quickly blew up, (OW) Wyatt realised that it was now his other self that was out numbered. He shimmered into the manor attic clapping, causing everyone to turn round and for Chris and Wyatt to stop fighting, both breathing heavily.
"What a show," he said. "I must say I was completely riveted."
"Well we aim to please," said Chris, walking over to his mother and aunts' side, ready for anything, making sure the spell was still in his pocket. He just had to wait for the right moment.
The two Wyatts stood side by side, both with identical cold, evil expressions on their faces as they formed (OW) Wyatt formed a fireball in his hand and Wyatt formed an energy ball.
"Then no more games," said (OW) Wyatt. "Please die," he said as Chris and the Charmed Ones prepared themselves to levitate over them, freeze, divert and call for them respectively.
Just then a stream of blue lights shone into the attic and Patricia appeared. She froze (OW) Wyatt and threw the potion at the other, who promptly collapsed to the ground and his energy ball extinguished.
"Patricia what the hell are you doing here?" demanded Piper and Chris in unison.
"Saving your ass apparently," she said observing the situation.
"I doubt that," said Chris, indignant.
"What was that potion?" asked Piper.
"Uh it should reverse Wyatt's morality and bring him back to normal," said Patricia. "Though I'm not entirely sure if it worked."
Just then, Patricia's freeze wore off (OW) Wyatt and both him and the fireball started moving again. The sisters gave a little yelp and all ducked but with a wave of his hand Chris, sent it into the wall. As (OW) Wyatt formed another, Piper let out an irritated moan and froze him again.
"There," she said, tucking her hair behind her ears. "That should hold him for longer than yours did."
"How'd you know which one to hit with it and which one to freeze?" asked Phoebe, who couldn't tell the difference between the two Wyatt's.
Chris had a grin on his face. "What are you smiling at?" asked Phoebe.
"You asked Patricia how she knew which witch was which," he said, his cheshire grin only getting wider.
The Charmed Ones rolled their eyes and looked to Patricia for an answer.
"Uh duh, the Wyatt from the other world was quite clearly the one dressed head to toe in black. I mean demons 101 people! Once you turn to evil, everything in your wardrobe becomes black, Wyatt just hasn't had time to change him clothes. Honestly and you call yourselves good witches," she said with her hand on her hip and a smug expression firmly in place.
"Ok, so let's say the spell already," said Chris, taking the post it out of his pocket and handing it to the Charmed Ones.
"A place and a world for everyone,
And to everyone their world and place,
Return those who have been moved,
Back to their own time and space."
When the sisters finished saying the spell, the triquetra that was still on the wall turned a glittering blue as it created a time portal.
"Ok then," said Chris looking at it with confusion. "I didn't expect it to work like that, I was expecting this one here to be carried off in white lights," he said.
"Must have been the whole 'world' factor you added to the spell," said Paige.
Once again they had to think on their feet when the freeze wore off and (OW) Wyatt started moving again. Paige called for the fireball and extinguished it.
(OW) Wyatt looked at the open portal and laughed. "You really think you are going to get me to go through that thing?" he asked.
"Not willingly," said Chris, waving his hand sending (OW) Wyatt towards the portal but (OW) Wyatt shimmered out half way there and appeared behind Phoebe and tried to grab her.
Phoebe levitated quickly into the air and tried to kick (OW) Wyatt, but he grabbed her leg and flung her into the wall and she collapsed into a heap on the ground.
"Evil Wyatt!" called Paige, attempting to orb him into the time portal but he somehow managed to break out of the orbs and waved his arm, sending her flying across the room.
Chris did the same to (OW) Wyatt, trying to line him up with the portal again. Piper froze a fireball that he was sending at Phoebe who was running towards him, trying to kick him into the portal. But at the last moment, (OW) Wyatt levitated into the air causing Phoebe to go skidding towards the portal.
Chris used his telekinesis to stop her just as she was about to enter in and slip into the other world. (OW) Wyatt threw an energy ball at him which Chris sent back but (OW) Wyatt easily avoided it.
(OW) Wyatt then went over Wyatt and took the athame off him, using his telekinesis to bock and avoid their attacks. He then shimmered over to behind Patricia , who had been standing in the corner out of the way, as ordered to by both Piper and Chris.
He appeared behind her, with the athame to her throat and immediately the attacks on him stopped as the Charmed Ones and Chris walked cautiously towards them.
"Hands where I can see them," said (OW) Wyatt. "Just one magical gesture on any of your behalf's will result on her throat being slit. I must say you can most certainly hold your own," he said, enjoying the looks on their faces.
"Let her go," said Piper.
"Or what?" asked (OW) Wyatt.
"Or I will grind your bones to make my bread," said Piper, seriously.
(OW) Wyatt laughed, backing away from them, pressing the blade to Patricia's throat.
"If you hurt her," said Chris through gritted teeth, "I will not hesitate for one second to kill you and screw the consequences of affecting the timeline and I will not regret it for one second either," said Chris.
"I don't doubt that," said (OW) Wyatt, "But, I don't doubt that you would die trying either."
"Ok, that's it," said Piper, who with a swift hand gesture froze him before he could react.
"Athame," called Paige holding out her hand. The blade reappeared in it and she looked at it with self satisfaction as Patricia ran over to Piper and Chris who both smothered her in hugs.
"Will you please stop being caught by him?" asked Piper. "It's really not good for my nerves."
"Ok people, let's get this over with," said Phoebe. "Before I get stabbed again."
Chris waved his hand and moved (OW) Wyatt in front of the time portal.
"Wait," said Piper, stepping forwards, just as Chris was about to send him through it.
"Are you kidding me? After all of this you want to put sending him back off?" he asked as if it was the stupidest plan he had ever heard and to his mind, it was.
Piper unfroze (OW) Wyatt's head. He looked about them confused, "What the hell?"
"Before we send you back I just wanted to tell you, god I know how silly this is to say in the circumstances but, be good. Don't be too hard on your little brother when he goes back to save you, he's not doing it to betray you, he's doing it to save you, remember that," Piper told him.
(OW) Wyatt looked at her as though she had gone mad.
"Chris, Patricia, say goodbye to your brother," said Piper smiling.
"Later," said Chris as Patricia waved and with a quick wave of the hand and a squint of the eyes, (OW) Wyatt went flying backwards into the time portal which promptly closed one he had passed through.
The five witches looked around them with relieved smiles on their face, it was finally over.
"Where are you going?" Paige asked when Piper headed for the attic door.
"To make dinner, I'm starving!"
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"Oh my god! A demon must have gotten to them!" said Phoebe, rushing over to the three unconscious men on the kitchen floor.
"Oopsie," said Patricia.
Chris, Piper, Paige and Phoebe all turned to look at the young witch, demanding an answer.
Once Piper had made dinner she had sent Paige to go get Adam, Leo and Jason but she had came back, grabbed them, and orbed them all to Adam's family home where they saw the three of them flying on the ground.
"Oopsie?" asked Piper.
"I forgot to reverse the spell," said Patricia innocently.
"What spell?"
"They wouldn't let me go give you guys the potion to turn Wyatt back so I cast an itsy bitsy spell," she said innocuously.
"You cast a spell unsupervised on family members?" asked Piper, who at this point was yelling.
"It wasn't unsupervised," insisted Patricia. "There were three adults present and two of them are magical!"
"It doesn't count when you are casting the spell on them and you," said Piper, turning towards her youngest son who was watching them with much amusement. "I would wipe that smirk off my face if I were you because this is all your fault."
"My fault? How is this my fault?" asked Chris who was at a loss to see how this had anything to do with him.
"You're a bad influence," said Piper.
"I fail to see how that has anything to do with this little matter," said Chris.
"Hmm let's see casting unsupervised spells, who does that sound like?" Piper asked sarcastically.
"Wyatt," said Chris and Patricia in perfect unison.
Piper couldn't help but smile at the identical innocent looks on their faces, and seeing that her sisters were not bothering to hide how funny they had found it, she might as well have too.
"Just undo the spell," she said, rolling her eyes.
"Ok," said Patricia, trying to think of a spell.
"End this spell, restore the consciousness' I have taken,
And with this undo let these three now awaken."
"Nice rhyme," said Chris.
"Thanks," she said as Leo, Adam and Jason slowly began to wake up. "Somehow I don't think they will be just as impressed."
"Stick to the plan," he mumbled to her as the sisters helped their respective significant others to their feet.
"What plan?" whispered Patricia.
"Blame Wyatt, always blame Wyatt," said Chris, walking over to the other side of the kitchen and pretending to look busy.
"Patricia . . ." said Leo. "I'm waiting for a reasonable explanation," he said tapping his foot impatiently.
"You could be waiting a long time in that case," said Adam, rubbing the back of his head where it had hit the ground.
"I had to get that potion to them and you wouldn't let me go so I had to find a way. I'm sorry but I had to help and getting Wyatt back to normal was the only way I could think of doing that. So really, when you think about it, this is Wyatt's fault," said Patricia in the one breath, smiling when she looked over at Chris who was giving her the thumbs up.
"Where is Wyatt?" asked Jason, not giving Leo the chance to scold Patricia some more.
"In the attic," said Phoebe. "Unconscious."
"Is he ok?" asked Leo.
"Yeah he's fine," said Piper walking over to her husband and wrapping herself in his arms. "Well I think so anyway, the potion Patricia hit him with really must be doing the business," she said looking at her daughter with a hint of pride.
"I just wanted to be sure it worked," explained Patricia with a shrug.
"Ok come on, dinner's getting cold," said Paige, taking Adam's hand, preparing to orb.
"You cooked?" asked Adam.
"Don't be ridiculous honey, I value my life," she said orbing them back to the manor.
"I'm just going to call the girls at their friend's house and tell them that everything's ok and that we are back in the manor," said Jason, heading for the phone.
"You can do that after we eat," said Piper, taking Jason's hand so that they were all joined and Leo orbed them into the manor dining room and Chris and Patricia followed suit.
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After dinner, when all the grown ups were down stairs, Chris and Patricia had been sent to check on Wyatt and clean up some of the mess in the attic. When they got there, Wyatt was still slumped over on the floor.
"Is it just me or is there drool dripping from his mouth onto the floor?" asked Chris.
"It's not just you," said Patricia after closer inspection. "And can I be the first to say 'eww.'"
"Yeah well you're not the one who has to share a room with him," said Chris, picking up a splintered table leg and putting it in the bin he had brought with him from downstairs.
"Thank God," said Patricia, helping her brother to pick up some of the table debris.
"You know you have some serious potential there young wicca," said Chris.
"You think?" asked Patricia, delighted by the compliment.
"I know," said Chris. "I mean in between getting kidnapped and having a knife put to your throat you were resourceful, quick thinking and intuitive. Also you proved that you work well under pressure with that whole potion making deal and you knew when to disobey orders when it matters."
"Like someone else I know then," she said, grinning at her brother.
"Wyatt?" he asked, with a twinkle in his eye.
"Oh yeah," said Patricia. "Wyatt the Rule-breaker, that's the one."
Chris laughed, "Sounds like some kind of superhero. Well that superhero ain't going to be too happy when he wakes up and finds out he turned evil again and had to be saved by a younger sibling . . . again."
"If he ever wakes up that is," said Patricia, looking at her unconscious older brother. "I have a feeling I added a little too much powdered toadstool."
"Ah well, it'll just give him a chance to sleep this whole fiasco off," said Chris, sweeping up some shards of glass.
"And what a confusing one it has been," said Patricia, sitting down on the battered and scorch marked couch.
"You don't know the half of it," said Chris. "We only had time to give you the short version of what happened when we were in the past."
"God," said Patricia. "Sometime if I'm looking for an excuse not to do homework, I may just come to you for the full story."
"Sure thing," said Chris.
"Chris?"
"Yeah?"
"Have you shrunk or something?"
"Uh no, why you ask? Do I look smaller?"
"Sort of, it's just that your clothes are like two sizes too big for you," Patricia observed.
Chris looked down at his clothes, "Huh, so they are, never really realised. We had to use the few clothes my other self had left there when in the past," he explained. "He was twenty two so, you know, they're too big for me and I haven't had the chance to change yet."
"Is Wyatt wearing them too?" asked Patricia, studying her eldest brother.
"Yeah, why?"
"No reason, I just thought he looked considerably cooler than usual."
"Oh yeah," said Chris smugly. "Even in an alternate world where my brother is an evil power mad tyrant I still manage to look cool. It just goes to prove it's impossible for me to not be cool!"
"Chris, I hate to break it to you, but you are really not that cool," said Patricia.
"Shut up."
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"I am so tired," said Phoebe, yawning, "Would it be wrong if I went to bed at nine o' clock on a Friday night?"
"Yes," said Piper. "But we'll forgive you."
"I think we are getting too old for this," said Phoebe, sitting down with her sisters, a cup of coffee in hand.
"Speak for yourself," said Paige. "I think I'm still on an adrenaline rush, I was thinking about hitting a club," she said. "But probably, definitely P3," she added upon seeing Piper's glare.
Piper smiled. "Better, but you can count me out, I'm with Phoebe on this one. I think I'm going to have an early night. There is something about time travelling that really takes it out of you."
"Especially after the week we've had," said Phoebe.
"I quite enjoyed it," said Paige, causing Piper and Phoebe to turn and stare at her, both possibly thinking a straight jacket was in order.
"One bump on the head too many I guess," said Phoebe.
"Well not the being held captive my demons part," said Page.
"Uh, what other part to the past week was there?" asked Piper. "Or did you enjoy my son turning evil and trying to kill us?"
"Not particularly," said Paige. "I mean seeing how well Wyatt, Chris and even Patricia coped was really quite assuring."
"What do you mean?" asked Phoebe.
"I mean, as you said, we are getting older and we're not going to be doing this forever. I don't know about you but I definitely plan on having a retirement date. Fighting well into my seventies like Grams did is so not on the cards for me," said Paige. "So it's nice to know that the younger generation will be able to keep it together."
"You know, I never thought I'd say this," said Piper. "But I think you're right Paige," she said with a grin as her sister playfully hit her on the arm. "I thought I'd hate it, and if they ask, I do but I do enjoy the fact that they can battle demons by themselves. As Paige said, it's very reassuring."
"I just hope Polly can kick as much ass as your three can," said Phoebe.
"Why thank you," said Piper. "They did kind of kick ass didn't they?"
"Oh yeah," said Paige.
"Can I ask you two something?" asked Piper.
"Sure sweetie, anything," said Phoebe.
"I'm the good sister, right? I'm the one who always lives up to her obligations, I follow the rules, I tried to have a life away from magic. In high school I did my homework, attended class, I was valedictorian for God's sake!"
Her sisters nodded, wondering where this was leading.
"So how come you got the good kids and I got the ones that take after you two?"
Phoebe and Paige just laughed at the serious expression on their sister's face.
"Honey, we both know that's not how it works!" said Phoebe. "Besides you have wonderful kids that can look after themselves, that's priceless."
"I know, I know," admitted Piper. "It just occurred to me earlier and I found it funny and so I though I should share."
"Well it's not entirely accurate, I mean Wyatt's a bit of a goody two shoes and honey," said Paige. "One outta three ain't bad."
"I always thought it was two out of three that wasn't bad," said Piper.
"Beggars can't be choosers Piper," said Paige getting up.
"Ok now you're just spouting off sayings," said Phoebe.
"So what if I am?" asked Paige. "Now if you two lovely ladies will excuse me, I am going to go grab my boyfriend and head down to P3 and let my hair down. I need a serious stress relief."
"Good luck with that," said Phoebe. "There's a game on and the three of them are glued to the TV."
"Well I have my ways of persuading him," said Paige. "See you guys later."
"See ya," said Phoebe. "Have fun!"
"Not too much fun or you'll regret it in the morning!" yelled Piper after her.
"I won't," said Paige, heading out the door with Adam.
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"I am never drinking again," said Paige, the next morning, or should I say afternoon, as she gently sipped her coffee.
Piper raised an eyebrow at her youngest sister as she poured herself a cup.
"Well for at least another 8 hours or so," said Paige with a shrug.
The manor's doorbell rang and Paige let out a groan. "Somebody stop the madness!"
Chris grinned, "I'll get it," he said getting up and heading for the door, where he was greeted by a familiar face.
"Hey stranger," said Katie, smiling at her best friend.
Chris took a step back and yelled into the house, "Wyatt, it's for you!" He turned back to see Katie standing with an embarrassed look on her face.
"So you know," she said.
"I know," confirmed Chris. "He'll be down in a moment, he's just getting out of the shower I think."
"Oh come on Chris, don't be like that," said Katie, pleadingly.
"Like what?" asked Chris innocently.
Kate narrowed her eyes, "You know like what," she said, playfully hitting him on the shoulder.
Chris couldn't help but grin. "Yeah, I do," he admitted. "It's just weird."
"I know," said Katie quietly. "I don't know how weird yet cause I mean you two just disappeared for like a week and I haven't had a chance to talk to either of you."
"Yeah," said Chris, rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry about that."
"Where were you?" asked Katie.
It was at that moment Wyatt appeared in the hall, "Who is it?" he asked, coming towards the door, going red as soon as he saw who it was.
"Hey," he said awkwardly.
"Hey," said Katie, who was looking just as uncomfortable.
"I'm going to go pretend I have something better to do," said Chris.
"You don't have to," said Wyatt.
"I know," said Chris, giving him a small smile, leaving the doorway and heading back into the kitchen where Paige was trying to talk Piper into making her breakfast.
"Breakfast?" asked Piper. "I should be making you lunch!"
"Just make me something," said Paige, looking hopefully at her sister.
"Hey everyone," said Patricia entering the kitchen. "Is it too late to get some breakfast?" she asked her mom.
Paige sat u triumphantly, "See Piper! Don't do it for me, do it for the children!"
"Speaking of children," said Piper with a smile when she saw who hadjust came into the house.
"Mom!" yelled Petulia dropping her bags on the kitchen floor as she ran into her mother's arms.
"Hey sweetie," said Paige. "Did you and Polly have a good time at your friend's house?"
"Yeah," said Petulia. "Did you have a good time in the past?" she asked as he also hugged Piper and Chris.
The three of them looked about at each other smiling.
"Oh yeah," said Chris. "It was one big barrel of laughs."
Adam and Polly walked into the kitchen then. "Hey guys," said Polly, hugging them as well. "Where's mom and dad?"
"At the newspaper, pretending to work," said Piper.
"Hey," said Adam, giving Paige a kiss. "You're up."
"You too," said Paige.
"Well driving kind of requires one to be awake," he joked.
"So that's what I'm doing wrong," said Paige, causing them to laugh.
"Chris, was that your friend Katie I saw at the door with Wyatt on the way in?" asked Petulia.
"Yep," said Chris.
"Ooh, I wonder what's going on there," said Petulia excitedly. "Do I smell romance?"
"Not if mom is right," said Chris.
Piper looked at her son questioningly. "Oh well when we were in the past, your past self thought he was gay," explained Chris.
Coffee came spurting out of Paige's mouth as she started laughing.
"She did? That's priceless, that didn't happen with us! Tell me everything," she said smiling.
Piper, Paige, Adam, Patricia, Petulia and Polly all sat around the Halliwell kitchen, listening as Chris retold the story.
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A/N: Just so you know, that has been the longest chapter in this story. Ok people, just the very short (and possibly very crap) epilogue to go!
Thanks for all of the reviews!
Flephanie: yay! You're back! I thought you'd abandoned me! Do you know that you could have just reviewed each chapter as you went along and I would have got more reviews? Lol only joking I loved getting all that feedback in the one review! But there was so much of it that I'm not sure where to start so I'm not going to! Thanks for all the kind words lol, glad you are still reading!
Good Witch: Lol, it took me a while but I did continue. Glad you like my story and look! No cliff-hanger this one! I was good!
Emma15: Thanks, I worked hard to try and keep it an evil surprise so I'm glad it worked! I'm happy you like Patricia cause she and the other characters will be in the sequel more. Thanks for the review!
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Zeria: Thanks and ok, no Chris didn't undo the anti-orb thing, not entirely sure why you thought he did and yes Piper put baby Chris down! She put him down when big Chris came into the room! Go check for yourself!
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Rafiki: Yes, chapter 15 was really long, don't you think?
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